Maldoror and the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautréamont

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Maldoror and the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautréamont

AndrÃ© Breton described Maldoror as "the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential." Little is known about its pseudonymous author, aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846) and early death in Paris (1870). LautrÃ©amont bewildered his contemporaries, but the Surrealists modeled their efforts after his black humor and poetic leaps of logic, exemplified by the oft-quoted line, "As beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and an umbrella." Maldoror 's shocked first publisher refused to bind the sheets of the original edition--and perhaps no better invitation exists to this book, which warns the reader, "Only the few may relish this bitter fruit without danger." This is the only complete annotated collection of LautrÃ©amont's writings available in English, in Alexis Lykiard's superior translation. For this latest edition, Lykiard updates his introduction to include recent scholarship.
Country USA
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Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2010-04-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781878972125

Country	USA
Brand	Exact Change
Manufacturer	Exact Change
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations
ReleaseDate	2010-04-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781878972125

Maldoror and the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautréamont

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